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oppressed

Meaning of “oppressed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of oppress, meaning to burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
38 occurrences38 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:29

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Deuteronomy 28:29
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:29 · retained source text

And thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes, and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies: and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue thee.

Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:33 · retained source text

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not, eate vp: and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed alway:

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